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General Electric (NYSE:GE) Frequently Asked Questions

What is General Electric's stock symbol?

General Electric trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GE."

How often does General Electric pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for General Electric?

General Electric declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 20th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share on Friday, January 25th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.55%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 19th. View General Electric's Dividend History.

How were General Electric's earnings last quarter?

General Electric (NYSE:GE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 30th. The conglomerate reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.06. The conglomerate had revenue of $29.57 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $30.08 billion. General Electric had a positive return on equity of 10.29% and a negative net margin of 27.36%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.29 earnings per share. View General Electric's Earnings History.

When is General Electric's next earnings date?

What price target have analysts set for GE?

22 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for General Electric's stock. Their predictions range from $6.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect General Electric's stock price to reach $13.2188 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 81.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for General Electric.

What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for General Electric?

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for General Electric in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for General Electric.

Has General Electric been receiving favorable news coverage?

Press coverage about GE stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. General Electric earned a media sentiment score of 1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the conglomerate a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Are investors shorting General Electric?

General Electric saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 135,067,168 shares, an increase of 3.2% from the November 15th total of 130,929,274 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 129,973,792 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View General Electric's Current Options Chain.

Which major investors are selling General Electric stock?

GE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, Franklin Resources Inc., FMR LLC, Morgan Stanley, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Capital World Investors, Fisher Asset Management LLC and BlackRock Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for General Electric.

Which major investors are buying General Electric stock?

GE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, Pzena Investment Management LLC, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Capital International Investors, Prudential Financial Inc., ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd, Vanguard Group Inc and Vanguard Group Inc.. Company insiders that have bought General Electric stock in the last two years include Alexander Dimitrief, Francisco Dsouza, H Lawrence Culp Jr, James E Rohr, James S Tisch, Jeffrey R Immelt, Jeffrey S Bornstein, John Leonard Flannery, Marijn E Dekkers, Steven M Mollenkopf and William G Beattie. View Insider Buying and Selling for General Electric.

How do I buy shares of General Electric?

Shares of GE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

What is General Electric's stock price today?

One share of GE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $7.28.

How big of a company is General Electric?

General Electric has a market capitalization of $61.65 billion and generates $122.09 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $-5,786,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.05 on an earnings per share basis. General Electric employs 313,000 workers across the globe.

MarketBeat Community Rating for General Electric (NYSE GE)

MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about General Electric and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe GE will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe GE will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.